Free College Budget Template and Student Budget Planner
Plan semester income, tuition, housing, food, books, transportation, and emergency savings with planned-versus-actual totals.
Do this with AI
Make this student budget fit your semester.
Open the workbook and ask Griddy to adapt income, school, housing, food, travel, or savings lines.
What is in this workbook?
This workbook has three sheets: Dashboard, Income & Fixed Costs, and Goals & Progress. Dashboard is the quick-review surface, Income & Fixed Costs is the editable working log, and Goals & Progress holds supporting inputs, reusable context, or working rules.
How the workflow and formulas work
Use Income & Fixed Costs for each line, budget role, category, planned amount, actual amount, variance, frequency, and review; use Goals & Progress for target, saved amount, progress, target date, and next step. Variance is Actual minus Planned, and goal progress uses Saved divided by Target. Dashboard calculates Semester income, Semester planned costs, Available after costs, and average goal progress.
How to use it in Griddy
Replace the sample values before sharing, then review the calculated Dashboard fields after editing the working log. The workbook includes a dropdown validation resource and a conditional-formatting resource for the relevant review or status fields.
Keep sensitive records out of the workbook
Use rounded planning values, not bank credentials or student account passwords. This is a budgeting aid, not financial-aid advice. This workbook is a planning aid and does not replace accounting, legal, HR, tax, or education-record systems.
Do this with AI
Make this student budget fit your semester.
Open the workbook and ask Griddy to adapt income, school, housing, food, travel, or savings lines.
